How To Pronounce Document

In British English, document is pronounced /ˈdɒk.jʊ.mənt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdʷɒk.jʷʊ.mə̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdɑːk.jə.mənt/.

Document has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.